Hey, a new update, hope you guys have liked the story so far. But I am getting discouraged because no one is reviewing...do you guys hate the plot or something? Well thanks for reading anyways.
Rory tried avoiding Tristan after it all happened, tried being the operative word. She still saw him every day, she snuck hidden glances at him, and saw the ones he took at her, but they didn't talk.
She remained strong, kept up her façade to the outside world, and he remained collected. He was the picture of calm and cool. But she could tell that he was sulking on the inside.
And he could tell that on the inside, she was going crazy.
Rory was walking out of Chilton ahead of her friends, they had to get something.
Rory scanned around at her peers, her attention stopping at a group of people on the far end of the parking lot.
She saw Tristan's blonde hair poking out above the heads of the younger underclassman. And then she saw gelled black hair.
Rory dropped her messenger bag onto the floor and picked up her feet. She ran across the parking lot, pushing her way into the crowd. The students made way for their "queen", so she would get to the inside of the circle.
Rory saw him and smiled so widely before jumping onto his back and hugging him from behind.
"Jess!" She squealed.
Jess put her down and turned around.
"Rory!" Jess mocked holding onto her shoulders.
"You can't mock me Jess, it's not fair. I haven't seen you in a month, I have full mocking rights." Rory complained laughing.
"Ha!" Jess laughed.
Rory stepped back and took a look at Jess. It was same old Jess all right.
"Do you want me to spin?" Jess asked sarcastically.
"In a sec…" Rory said sidetracked.
Rory took in his dark baggy jeans, his black shirt covered in different colored Japanese characters, his black leather jacket and his hair that took forever to style yet looked like he rolled out of bed.
Rory's eyes flashed to Tristan who was standing off to the side, leaning against Jess's Nissan Skyline, that was equally as fast as his Corolla was. Unlike Tristan's car, Jess' was from Japan, as the steering wheel was on the right, instead of the left.
Jess noticed the obvious tension, so he stepped in.
"So how's your racing coming along?" Jess whispered in her ear.
"I'm as good as I was when I left. It's not like I lost the ability to drift." Rory joked.
Rory remembered Han and added as a side note, "By the way, I'm sorry about Han, I know he meant a lot to you."
"It's alright, it hit us hard but it's alright." Jess replied. "Hey, I found the perfect place for drifting in downtown. It's almost identical to the parking garage in Tokyo. I plan on heading there tonight to hustle someone." He said smugly.
"You're kidding." She deadpanned.
"You should come, there are a ton of guys around here who think they can race like us." Jess said louder so everyone could hear.
"That sounds cool." Logan's voice cut through the crowd.
Logan and the gang got to the front of the group and got a look at who was in the middle.
They were shocked to say the least.
"Yah you should come." Jess said before he looked up at who he was talking to.
"Jess!" Rory warned, and he looked up, immediately recognizing the group from Rory's pictures.
"Yah." he said quietly.
Rory knew Logan well enough to know he would go so she just sighed and hugged Jess one more time.
"Time?" She asked.
"Whenever it gets dark." Jess answered.
"Bye!" Rory whispered directing her words at Tristan more then Jess.
Rory picked up her bag out of Lily's hands and walked towards her car.
She jumped into her all American made Mustang and scoffed at the thought of Jess seeing her in it.
"He would be so mad!" Rory chuckled.
Lily got in the front, and Louise in the back and the guys got into Logan's car, a Porsche of course.
Lily and Louise asked about Jess all the way home.
Once they got to the Hayden's they all did their homework until around 6 when the girls decided they needed to get ready.
Finn and Logan went over to Logan's to get ready while the girls stayed at the house.
Louise and Lily picked out outfits that they thought looked great. Rory thought otherwise.
"Louise, Lily you can not go to a race like that!" Rory looked at them.
"Why not?" Louise asked. She looked over her T shirt, jeans and flip flops and saw nothing wrong.
Rory walked into the closet knowing that Louise and Lily would follow. She dug around in the back for a minute before pulling out some of her Tokyo race clothes.
"You guys pick something out of here." Rory threw the bags to the girls.
Louise looked through her bag and absolutely loved the street look. Louise pulled out a knee length black denim skirt, a bight yellow tank top, a blue stretch tank top, and a pair of black boots.
Lily grabbed a pair of black capris, and an extremely tight t-shirt with a black cropped jacket. She pulled out a pair of bright pink tennis shoes and smiled.
"Now that's more like it, put these on and meet me downstairs." Rory said, looking in the mirror, noticing her mini skirt, leggings, and green striped V-neck.
Rory got downstairs right before the guys got there. They came in with slacks and button ups on.
"Is it bad fashion sense day?" she asked looking up.
"What?" Logan said looking down.
"Come with me." Rory waved them over.
She gave both of them white T shirts and jeans and told them to put them on.
She had Finn wear his button up over the shirt with it hanging open and she gelled both of their hair.
Finally satisfied with everyone's look she headed to the garage.
"We can't take our normal cars." Rory said pulling a tarp off of one of the cars in the vast garage.
Everyone gasped at the green and purple car. Instead of the normal European imports they were used to, this was Japanese. It was a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Not from Japan like Jess', but was modified to be just as fast as both Tristan's and Jess' cars.
"How did I not know this was here?" Lily asked.
"You never asked?" Rory suggested.
Rory drove downtown and her instincts brought her to a parking garage at the very edge of town. Actually it was the cars and the noise that guided her, but whatever.
Rory parked on the first floor and smiled at Jess who she saw talking to some girls.
"Don't think I didn't see that Mustang!" Jess smirked as she came up to him.
"Not fair!" Rory muttered.
"Jess, who are you racing?" Tristan asked, glancing at Rory's attire.
"Some guy from New York, he chose the bet amount, and I chose the place." Jess smirked.
"You're crazy you know that, and cruel!" She said, shaking her head as she smiled.
A guy pulled up in a BMW with a perky, busty blonde who sat next to him and smirked at Jess.
"You won't know what hit you!" The guy said, pulling away.
Rory broke out laughing. "I'm so sorry!" She started when she caught her breath. "It's just, he actually thinks he's gonna beat you." She said, wide-eyed in disbelief.
The guy parked and others arrived until Jess and what's his name started the race.
"Ror, would you do the honors?" Jess asked.
"No problem." Rory said walking in between the two cars.
"The track starts here. The finish line is on the top floor, good luck." She pointed to her left.
"Ready!" She asked.
Rory pointed to her right.
"Set!"
"Go!" Rory finished, and the cars sped off.
Rory spun around in time to see the cars make the first turn, Jess easily passing the wannabe.
All eyes were on the cars as they drove around in the square on the ground floor before heading up to the second floor. As Jess sped his way up the ramp he saw the guy crash into a pole, scraping his car on the side of the wall.
Rory and her friends, along with Tristan got into the elevators to get to the top floor first. They arrived on the roof and stood in front of the curved ramp that came upstairs, one that is only big enough for one car.
Rory smiled as she heard Jess tires spin around as he came up on the ramp the side of his car facing her.
"The winner!" She cheered.
The loser came up the ramp sliding his car against the wall of the ramp.
The girls who were friends of the loser pouted as he got out of his car.
Rory cheered happily.
"That guy sucks at racing, he absolutely sucks at it!" Rory laughed.
"Let's see you do it then!" Some guy said, hearing her remark.
"I can do that!" Rory smirked evilly.
"Let's see it!" the guy scoffed.
"Bring it on!" Rory mocked.
Everyone "Ohhed" and Rory laughed out loud. Everyone headed back downstairs again and Rory looked at her car. It wasn't good enough.
Jess saw her hesitation and threw her his keys. "Here take mine." He said, shrugging.
"You trust this girl with your car?" The guy questioned, not believing that Jess would easily hand over his keys to a girl.
Rory cut in. "Hey, you want to up the stakes?" She asked, looking at his car. It had potential.
"Name it." The guy shot back.
"Pink slips." Rory replied simply, not missing a beat.
"You're on!" He pulled out his slip and Rory got Jess's easily. He completely trusted her.
"Name?" Jess asked.
"Josh Bryans" He replied flicking a piece of lint out of his hair.
Rory got into Jess's car, adjusted the mirrors and pulled up to the starting line. Jess headed to do the "honors", but Tristan tugged him back and instead started walking.
Tristan got in between the two cars and stood directly on the line. He winked at Rory, as a smile played on his lips. He whispered three words. "In the moment."
"Go!" was uttered from his lips and the racers sped off. Rory cleanly cut in front of Josh and spun around as she turned the curve. Everyone headed upstairs.
Rory was on the third floor, making the second turn with Josh still coming up the ramp. She whispered "In the moment." to herself as she sped up.
She loved to race. It felt like she was born to do it. She had a natural sense of the gears and automatically did everything right. She loved the rush, she loved the feeling. Life slowed down and then sped up so quickly and all you could do was enjoy the feeling of rushing past the world. There was no thinking, there was no skill, just raw passion being unleashed. It was something you couldn't feel anywhere else and it was amazing. That's why she raced, not for money, not for cars, not for bragging rights, just for the feeling. Everything else was just an added bonus.
Rory came out first obviously, Josh coming in at a very far last.
Josh got out flustered. Rory had pocketed the two slips.
She noticed his car, it was definitely scratched.
"Jess look at his car, inside and out and figure out how much time he owes me." Rory mumbled to Jess.
"I don't owe you anything!" Josh said snottily.
"You owe me the time that I will spend getting out all the scratches in that body!" Rory retorted.
"I'll race again for the rights to make you work!" She smirked. Josh flushed.
"How about I race you?" A guy said from the back.
Rory turned to see a guy that she might actually lose to. "Who are you?"
"Race champ around these parts" He bragged.
"Then why don't you race against me. I'm more suited to your skill level." Tristan suggested evilly.
"Yah right, but if the little lady says it's ok, I'm fine with it." The guy went on.
"Sure Tris go ahead!" Rory nodded, giving him look that said, 'You better kick his ass!' He seemed to understand, and nodded giving her a smirk.
Tristan raced like he never had before. It was all about the moment. Nothing mattered. Nothing. Not Jess, not Han, not Rory. All that mattered everywhere else. Right now it was all about the rush.
Tristan showed off a bit while he raced, doing a few extra gravity defying turns and spins. He came out with a huge lead.
Logan, Louise, Lily and Finn were shocked to say the least. They never knew of drifting before, never experienced it. The biggest surprise was that Rory knew what it was. Not only that, but she could do it and was by her own rights, pretty good.
Rory smiled widely as Tristan came out first and got out of his car. Instead of going to him, she walked straight to the elevator as soon as he glanced at her and smiled back.
There's the next chap! I personally loved this one. Hope you did too!